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Saturday, June 13, 2026 · 42 stories · Issue No. 441

AI

18 stories
Mythos · Axios

Anthropic completely shut off access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models Friday night, days after they were launched

The move comes after Anthropic’s receipt of a US Commerce Department directive Friday evening, subjecting the new models to export controls restricting their use anywhere outside the United States. An Axios report cited an administration official saying that the administration is concerned by reports of a jailbreak…

2 min
Also covering:CNBC Technology
Anthropic · Claude

Anthropic stops new AI models after government directive

The U.S. government instructed Anthropic to prevent any foreign national from accessing the AI company’s latest and most powerful models Friday evening, according to the AI giant.

2 min
  1. Topic · 2 stories Anthropic
  2. Topic · 2 stories OpenAI
  3. Open source AI must winopensourceaimustwin.com
  4. Dutch far-right party pays damages to court artist after changing image with AIThe Guardian Technology
  5. Chinese team assembles first commercial ‘3-lane highway’ in optical fibre to boost capacitySouth China Morning Post Tech
  6. AI riches turn Samsung factory town into luxury hotspotFinancial Times

Tech

5 stories
Tech

On CPU Physics and CPU Cycles

One interesting thing about ALU which can be seen on the diagram is that there is usually more than one ALU (and more than one SIMD unit too); this indicates that Hacker News’s CPU is a superscalar one, and can process more than one ALU-level operation at once 1 This, in turn, means that it is perfectly possible to have more…

2 min

Business

5 stories
Singapore

Can lah: how Singlish is detecting its voice in Singapore’s language story

When Natasha Ann Lum was growing up, there was no place for Singlish – an English-based creole language in Singapore – at home. Her father was adamant that Lum and her brother not speak with broken grammar or use conversational markers such as “lah”, “lor” or “eh”.

2 min

Politics

2 stories
Donald Trump

Kennedy Centre sheds last-ditch attempt to keep Trump’s name on building

The Kennedy Centre was running out of options on Friday evening to keep President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue. The institution appealed that ruling, an effort that was also rebuffed on Friday evening.

2 min
Business

Philippines’ Duterte to undergo another health check to determine fitness for ICC trial

The International Criminal Court ordered a medical assessment of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to determine whether he is fit to stand trial, with proceedings set to start in November. The ICC’s pre-trial chamber found in January that the former leader, who ruled the Philippines from 2016 to 2022,.

2 min

Economy

1 story

Crypto

10 stories
  1. Kylian Mbappe connects with new Real Madrid teammate Denzel Dumfries via video callCrypto Briefing
  2. Bitfinex Report Highlights Tokenization as the Key to Venezuela’s Economic RebuildBitcoin.com News
  3. Iran’s Araghchi confirms nuclear talks conditional on interim agreement implementationCrypto Briefing
  4. Arbitrum Foundation Funding Proposal Seeks $16 million, 1,700 ETH And 230M ARBBitcoinist
  5. Metamask Deepens Its Latam Footprint With Major Crypto Card Expansion Across 13 CountriesBitcoin.com News

AI

40 stories
AI Agent · Gemini

AI Agents Still Can't Stop Prompt Injection Attacks, Researchers Warn

As developers race to deploy AI agents capable of browsing the internet, conducting research, shopping online, and trading cryptocurrency autonomously, new research suggests the systems remain highly vulnerable to prompt injection attacks.

2 min
Claude Code · Anthropic

Regulated industries need their work to be highly accurate and auditable

As “customer zero,” TCS will put Claude to work across its own engineering, finance, legal, marketing, and sales teams, using what it learns to shape how it brings Claude to clients. It’s also building a dedicated practice for this partnership, bringing together consultants, engineers, and industry specialists who…

2 min
Anthropic · Claude

Americans Fear Job Losses Due to AI But Hope for Cancer, Alzheimer’s Cures: Anthropic Survey

A sweeping new poll by Anthropic—the Claude maker that recently filed to go public —finds that Americans hold strikingly contradictory views on artificial intelligence: They’re eager for its potential to cure disease and improve lives, yet deeply anxious about the economic and social disruption it may bring, and profoundly skeptical of the companies building it.

2 min
  1. Same story · 11 sources SpaceX
  2. Same story · 17 sources SpaceX
  3. Topic · 3 stories Google
  4. Early Airbnb, DoorDash backer Y Combinator confirms Clarity Act could bring crypto to ‘every’ portfolio firmThe Block
  5. Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI HackathonWired
  6. Ripple chases AI’s machine economy as XRPL stablecoins near $1 billionCryptoSlate

Tech

14 stories
  1. Topic · 2 stories Tokenization
  2. Standard Chartered Calls Crypto Bottom as Bitcoin Price Recovers From $59,000 LowBitcoin Magazine
  3. Separate polling rolled out in early June from UK-based policy research agency Public First finds that support for data centersWired
  4. Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right nowMIT Technology Review

Finance

2 stories

Politics

2 stories

Crypto

12 stories
U.S. Treasury · Wall Street

AVAT fell 38.1% to close at $1.85 on its first trading day, according to Yahoo Finance

Meanwhile, AVAX (AVAX) rose 1.27% over the past 24 hours to trade at $6.66, though it remained down 33.7% over the past month, 's price page. In October 2025, the company announced its merger deal with Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp., which included $460 million in projected treasury funding and an initial $200…

2 min
  1. Bitcoin price confronts new risk as big buyers lose convictionCryptoSlate
  2. Blockworks Picks up Messari in Deal Highlighting Crypto’s Data Consolidation RaceBitcoin Magazine
  3. SEC targets 20-year-old rule standing between Wall Street and blockchain tradingCryptoSlate
  4. XRP aims for $0.90 as ETF demand battles selling pressure from whalesCryptoSlate

AI

40 stories
SpaceX · Elon Musk

The launch represents one of the highest-profile efforts yet to bring newly listed U.S. equities onchain from their first day

SpaceX’s debut is expected to test investor appetite for both large-scale technology offerings and the growing convergence between traditional finance and blockchain-based markets. Tokenized assets hit a record $28.9B in May; their tenth consecutive monthly all-time high.

2 min
  1. Same story · 2 sources Anthropic · Claude
  2. Topic · 10 stories Anthropic
  3. Topic · 2 stories AI Agent
  4. Topic · 2 stories Google
  5. Topic · 2 stories NVIDIA
  6. Microsoft President Asks Graduates to Stop Fearing AI and Start AdaptingDecrypt
  7. Citi debuts blockchain marketplace for private companies shares: ReportCointelegraph
  8. AI lender targets $650 million test of one-day equipment loans on blockchain railsCryptoSlate
  9. Alibaba replaces Dingtalk head amid internal AI strategy debateCrypto Briefing

Tech

9 stories
  1. Topic · 2 stories SpaceX
  2. SpaceX lowballed its bankers on fees. Goldman Sachs has another way to win bigFortune Technology
  3. Save Big and Play Bigger: GeForce NOW Summer Sale Brings Major Membership SavingsNVIDIA Blog

Business

3 stories
California · Meta

Social media on trial: Four important cases to watch

When social media started to take over the internet 20 years ago, it was widely hailed as a game-changing technology that would connect people across divides and make information more accessible.

2 min

Finance

3 stories

Politics

2 stories

Crypto

12 stories
Bitcoin ETF · Bitcoin

Bitcoin BTC $ 60,930.61 has lost buyers on two fronts

The exodus from spot ETFs as a catalyst for the recent bitcoin price swoon is well documented. "As BTC broke down from the mid-$70Ks toward $60K, net inflows from corporate treasury firms fell sharply, with daily purchases slowing to a fraction of their recent pace," analysts at Glassnode said in the latest market…

2 min
Also covering:99Bitcoins
Citadel Securities · Abu Dhabi

Canton Network developer raises $355 million to bring Wall Street onchain

Digital Asset, the development firm behind the Canton Network (CC) blockchain used by major banks and trading firms, said Thursday it closed a $355 million fundraising round to back its efforts to bring capital markets onchain.

2 min
  1. Same story · 2 sources Bitcoin · Bear · Market
  2. Tom Lee’s Bitmine picks up $41 million worth of ETH, continuing aggressive treasury expansion: onchain dataThe Block
  3. Americans secretly drove as much as $34 billion in offshore prediction market bets, new report arguesThe Block
  4. BlackRock has updated its regulatory filing for a new Bitcoin Premium Income ETFCryptoSlate
  5. U.S. Charges Two Men for $389 Million Bitcoin and Crypto Money Laundering Scheme Tied to Dark WebBitcoin Magazine

AI

30 stories
Anthropic · SpaceX

Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO could become bitcoin’s latest headwind

When SpaceX's initial public offering launches on Thursday, it may have an outsized impact on crypto, potentially triggering an initial rotation out of digital assets before bolstering trading volumes of tokenized shares and SpaceX-linked perpetual futures offered by exchanges such as Hyperliquid, Binance and others.

2 min
Also covering:CNBC Technology
Dario Amodei · Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Wednesday that governments can no longer treat AI regulation as a problem to study

In the essay, titled "Policy on the AI Exponential," Amodei argues that transparency requirements are no longer sufficient and calls for binding regulation of frontier AI systems. “AI is advancing at a lightning pace—in only four years, AI models have gone from barely being able to write a coherent line of code to…

2 min
Also covering:Axios
  1. Same story · 2 sources Anthropic · Claude
  2. Same story · 2 sources Nvidia · Google
  3. Same story · 2 sources Exploit
  4. Same story · 2 sources SpaceX
  5. Same story · 3 sources Anthropic · Claude · Mythos
  6. Topic · 3 stories OpenAI
  7. Topic · 2 stories AI Agent
  8. Topic · 2 stories Anthropic
  9. A 5-week course and a guaranteed job: Meta commits $115 million to solve the skilled-trades shortage stalling its AI build-outFortune Technology
  10. Sequent: scale and automation for higher confidence in alignmentAlignment Forum
  11. The world’s hottest AI stock market just swung nearly 17% in two daysCryptoSlate
  12. Beijing escalating AI espionage to catch up with the U.S. on tech, cybersecurity company confirmsCNBC Technology
  13. The University showed on June 8 that Henn Architekten from Munich had clinched the competition to design the facility dubbedDatacenter Dynamics

Tech

12 stories
Amazon · SpaceX

Einride to debut on Nasdaq amid SpaceX IPO buzz

The Swedish autonomous freight company hits public markets through a $1.35 billion SPAC merger, landing in a week dominated by SpaceX mania.

2 min
  1. Topic · 2 stories NVIDIA
  2. Tracing Eval-Awareness Emergence Through Teaching of OLMo 3Alignment Forum
  3. Jim Cramer confirms one of SpaceX's biggest risks is this group of investorsCNBC Technology
  4. UK Gov't to apply new supercomputer by 2030, with British chips (hopefully)Datacenter Dynamics
  5. Raydium DEX confirms $1.34 million exploit hit retired AMM program, treasury to cover lossesThe Block

Business

4 stories

Finance

1 story

Politics

5 stories
Microsoft · Palantir

Initiatives such as Eurostack and Gaia-X proposed alternative home-grown tech stacks that operate according to EU “values

Switzerland’s government reportedly assessed using Palantir, the US-based data analytics firm backed by the CIA and others, and decided against it because the risk to data sovereignty was too great. At the EU level, a host of packages, such as the European Chips Act, aim to reduce strategic dependence on Asian and US…

2 min

World

1 story

Crypto

11 stories
  1. House crypto tax hearing debuts divide over urgency in pushing legislationThe Block
  2. CLARITY Act momentum slows to a crawl as lawmakers clash over crypto ethics rulesCryptoSlate
  3. Strategy (MSTR) CEO Confirms Bitcoin Sale Was About Market ‘Inoculation,’ Not a RetreatBitcoin Magazine
  4. Botanix Will Shut Down Bitcoin Layer-2 Network in July, Citing Lack of DeFi DemandDecrypt
  5. BlackRock Cautions Bitcoin And Ethereum Investors About Quantum ComputingBitcoinist

AI

36 stories
Meta · OpenAI

The European Commission ordered Meta on Monday to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp's business messaging tools

Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera said the interim measures would remain in place for the duration of the investigation, which started in December 2025. The order requires Meta to reinstate access for third-party general-purpose AI assistants to the WhatsApp Business API under the same terms that…

2 min
Also covering:BBC Technology
  1. Same story · 2 sources United Kingdom
  2. Topic · 10 stories Anthropic
  3. Topic · 2 stories Google
  4. Specifically, this data mix yields a 10% gain on the evaluation with OpenCode harness while maintaining performanceHugging Face
  5. Bitcoin runs into a Wall Street test as AI’s mega-IPO wave targets the same capitalCryptoSlate
  6. NIST Mathematical Proof Supports Transition to a Continuous-Monitor-and-Update Security Model for AI SystemsNIST AI
  7. Trad.Fi, W3 target $650 million in onchain private credit applying AI evaluationCoinDesk
  8. Asia chip-linked shares recover after U.S. peers bounce backCNBC Technology
  9. Learning to lead in a hybrid human-AI enterpriseMIT Technology Review
  10. Railway taps Claude to design a data centerDatacenter Dynamics
  11. Bitcoin’s $10 billion liquidation wave catches why the AI boom is hurting cryptoCryptoSlate
  12. Taiwan weighs criminal ban on AI chip exports to all of ChinaTom's Hardware

Tech

9 stories
Crypto

Humanity Protocol's H token crashed more than 80% on Tuesday after attackers stole the private keys behind the project

About 17 wallets tied to the project were emptied, with losses topping $32 million and still climbing, per on-chain data assessed by CoinDesk. The thief has been selling the stolen H for ether and minted another 100 million H, worth roughly $11 million, on the BNB Chain, blockchain data shows, pointing to more selling…

2 min
Also covering:CointelegraphThe Block
  1. FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellationArs Technica
  2. SpaceX details AI1 satellite 'data center,' argues 150kW peak computeDatacenter Dynamics

Business

1 story

Finance

3 stories

Politics

3 stories
NIST

Now, NIST has published the latest update to that library, which industry experts

The expanded library, formally known as Standard Reference Database 1A, contains mass spectra measured from hundreds of thousands of compounds. NIST scientists generate chemical fingerprints using a mass spectrometer, an instrument that ionizes and shatters a compound into charged fragments and then sorts those…

2 min

Crypto

10 stories
White House · Republicans

Crypto Tax Bills Face Pushback in House Committee Hearing

A House hearing on six crypto tax bills revealed a lack of bipartisan consensus on the subject Tuesday, with industry leaders pushing to expand the legislation—and Democrats questioning whether the entire process should be slowed down significantly.

2 min
White House · Democrats

Crypto tax bills a work-in-progress as U.S. House lawmakers pose concerns

A package of several crypto tax bills may not be ready yet for prime time, as a U.S. House Ways and Means Committee hearing revealed potentially significant questions from lawmakers that suggested the panel hasn't achieved a bipartisan embrace of the bills that would tailor a clearer tax code for digital asset gains.

2 min
  1. Traditional Finance is Rushing Into Crypto as Institutions Buy Bitcoin’s Dip: AxiosBitcoin Magazine
  2. Trump family’s $2.3 billion crypto windfall matched by $2.25 billion in investor losses, Reuters detectsCryptoSlate
  3. Wall Street still says Bitcoin can hit $100,000, the market is starting to doubt itCryptoSlate
  4. Sam Bankman-Fried formally files for pardon—but White House reiterates that FTX cofounder’s odds are slimFortune Technology
  5. Elizabeth Warren, have argued the bill’s anti-money laundering provisions remain too weakBitcoin Magazine

AI

32 stories
  1. Same story · 2 sources Apple
  2. Same story · 2 sources Anthropic · OpenAI · SpaceX
  3. Same story · 2 sources Apple
  4. Same story · 4 sources Apple
  5. Same story · 2 sources Apple
  6. Topic · 5 stories AI Agent
  7. Topic · 2 stories Anthropic
  8. Apple’s iPhone Camera App Is Getting an AI Upgrade in iOS 27Wired
  9. The UK Is Betting on a Billion-Dollar AI Supercomputer to Kick Its Addiction to US TechWired
  10. Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be assembled on drought-hit landThe Guardian Technology
  11. The same playbook, Lilly argued, is running again: institutions are building while retail checks outBitcoin Magazine
  12. Thousands have signed open letters opposing infringement on their creative work, and copyrightsThe Guardian Technology
  13. There’s a chance something interesting will show up when a tvOS 27 public beta update becomes availableThe Verge
  14. Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity come to Google NotebookLMArs Technica
  15. MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per secondmimo.xiaomi.com

Tech

2 stories

Business

2 stories

Finance

1 story

Politics

3 stories
Google · Apple

The UK has also already introduced laws to try to protect children online

However, child safety campaigners have urged the government to go further to stop children seeing or sharing nude images, amid concerns about online grooming and sextortion. The government said 91% of online child sexual abuse reports recorded in 2024 contained self-generated content from children themselves and the…

2 min
Also covering:The Guardian Technology

World

3 stories

Crypto

23 stories
  1. Spot Bitcoin ETFs bleed $1.7 billion as outflow streak hits four weeksCointelegraph
  2. Active tokenized RWAs surge almost 600% despite crypto pullback: BinanceCointelegraph
  3. Congress is weighing whether crypto tax relief should stop at stablecoinsCryptoSlate
  4. The company killer: Ledger CTO confirms the EU's crushing compliance costs are choking Web3 innovationCoinDesk
  5. Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy agreement points to Bitcoin’s next institutional test: lending collateralCryptoSlate

AI

22 stories
SpaceX · Ethereum

Bybit follows Kraken in offering tokenized SpaceX IPO access via xStocks

Crypto exchange Bybit launched a tokenized SpaceX IPO access product on Sunday, opening a four-day window for eligible users to commit USDC ahead of the rocket, satellite broadband, social media and AI company's expected Nasdaq debut on June 12.

2 min
Nvidia · Agentic AI

Doosan Robotics is integrating NVIDIA Isaac Sim and NVIDIA Isaac Lab open robotics frameworks

By integrating NVIDIA’s physical AI technologies, Doosan Robotics aims to help industrial robots better perceive, reason and act in complex and dynamic environments. The companies are also looking to develop reference use cases for high-value industrial tasks such as depalletizing and sanding, as well as new robot…

2 min
  1. Topic · 4 stories Anthropic
  2. Learn more about RTX Spark and its launch joins forces withNVIDIA Blog
  3. Amazing Digital Dentures (a faltered project)Hugging Face
  4. AI’s power race is shifting leverage from chipmakers like NVIDIA to the gridCryptoSlate
  5. Every show now is an AI show, and that included this year's ComputexThe Register
  6. From $255 million to $13.7 billion in 6 Quarters: Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Large Bet on AI InfrastructureBitcoin.com News
  7. 7RCC Global has launched BTCK, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that combines 80% bitcoin exposure with 20% regulated carbon creditBitcoin.com News
  8. Microsoft recently launched major pricing changes for GitHub CopilotTechCrunch AI
  9. Several others, including Michael Saylor, Ted Pillows, Stephane Ouellette, Mark Dowding, Thierry BorgeatBitcoin.com News
  10. UK exam watchdog frets over smart specs turning GCSEs into Google searchesThe Register
  11. School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection company after system faltered to spot weaponArs Technica
  12. WTO logs slowing global merchandise trade growth, signaling risks for crypto and risk assetsCrypto Briefing

Tech

3 stories

Business

7 stories
  1. Tey Yong How remembers running along the shores of eastern Singapore as a childSouth China Morning Post Tech
  2. Brit maritime agency heralds fresh global rules for crewless cargo releasesThe Register

Finance

3 stories

Politics

7 stories
Donald Trump · Benjamin Netanyahu

Trump tells Netanyahu not to strike Iran

President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday not to retaliate against Iran's missile attack and allow more time for diplomacy, according to a senior U.S. official and an Israeli source familiar with details of the call.

2 min
Donald Trump · Israel

Hezbollah, which asserted responsibility for firing at Israel earlier Sunday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces elections later this year, wants to press ahead with Israel’s offensive until he believes Hezbollah no longer poses a threat. Trump ’s “Meet the Press” that aired earlier Sunday said he would like to see a “more surgical attack on Hezbollah.” He also said he was…

2 min
  1. Trump also said the U.S. could monitor the activity because it has “cameras up in space” thanks to his SpaceNBC News Tech
  2. Rookie Taiwan lawmaker blacklisted by Beijing makes long-shot bid to become Taipei mayorSouth China Morning Post Tech

Economy

3 stories

World

2 stories

Crypto

12 stories
  1. Short-dated bills now yield close to 4%, a safe and liquid return that competes directly with speculative betsCryptoSlate
  2. Ethereum Foundation cuts and departures aren't a crisis, Joe Lubin confirmsCoinDesk
  3. NY judge stays lawsuit seeking ownership of nearly 40,000 bitcoin wallets, sets July hearing on proposed amicus briefThe Block
  4. Strategy CEO Phong Le confirms buying Bitcoin is easier than sellingCrypto Briefing
  5. 25 Lesser-Known Facts About Satoshi Nakamoto Drawn From Emails, Code, and MetadataBitcoin.com News

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Jun 7 – Jun 13 · 462 stories · 52 sources

No single story broke away from the pack this week. Recurring thread: SpaceX. Highest-attention story: SpaceX IPO scramble indicates difference between tokenizing a stock and getting one.

  • SpaceX · 85 stories
  • Anthropic · 79 stories
  • Elon Musk · 56 stories

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